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I Need to Find A Home, and Quick!

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 As the government shutdown continues, nursing homes are considering shutting down. That leaves me between a rock and a hard place, and I could be on the streets .  Like many other Americans, I was made dependent on a nursing home because my funds are exhausted.  This room costs $ 7900. a month of pure profit for the nursing home.  Since my medications and meals are paid for by the government. On October 1,  2025 , the  federal government  of the  United States  began a  shutdown  at 12:01 a.m. EDT as a result of congressional failure to pass appropriations legislation for the 2026 fiscal year, which began that day. The  shutdown  resulted from partisan disagreements over  federal  spending levels, foreign aid rescissions , and health insurance subsidies . Once the dust settles, thousands of disabled adults and children could become wards of their home states . Please consider donating to my fundraiser https:...

Another Night With the Zombies

 Around here, there are what some call Wanderers; I simply call them Zombies.  After I watched one elderly woman. Bump into my side table over and over again. After dumping my container of art pens and pencils on the floor, but acted like nothing happened. Just bump, bump, bump against the table while seemingly sound asleep. Not only one visitor came into our room that night.  There were two more. One is in a wheelchair and another a walker.  The wheelchair lady was rolling around, eating toothpaste. The walker seems intrigued by a picture of my grandchildren.  Such is life here in the nursing home, late at night. I would be sitting in the dark, but I keep the television on to drown out the screams from women having nightmares and men dreaming about their past childhood adventures.  But the late-night talk shows drown them out.  Sadly, I do expect that the only thing that calms me at night is.  It could also be the exact cause of all the zombie gu...